TY - JOUR
T1 - Search for rare B0(s)→μ+μ−μ+μ− decays
AU - Playfer, Stephen
AU - The LHCb Collaboration
AU - Needham, Matthew
AU - Muheim, Franz
AU - Clarke, Peter
AU - Xie, Yuehong
AU - Eisenhardt, Stephan
PY - 2013/5/21
Y1 - 2013/5/21
N2 - A search for the decays B0s→μ+μ−μ+μ− and B0→μ+μ−μ+μ− is performed using data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fb−1, collected with the LHCb detector in 2011. The number of candidates observed is consistent with the expected background and, assuming phase-space models of the decays, limits on the branching fractions are set: B(B0s→μ+μ−μ+μ−)<1.6 (1.2)×10−8 and B(B0→μ+μ−μ+μ−)<6.6 (5.3)×10−9 at 95% (90%) confidence level. In addition, limits are set in the context of a supersymmetric model which allows for the B0(s) meson to decay into a scalar (S) and pseudoscalar particle (P), where S and P have masses of 2.5 GeV/c2 and 214.3 MeV/c2, respectively, both resonances decay into μ+μ−. The branching fraction limits for these decays are B(B0s→SP)<1.6 (1.2)×10−8 and B(B0→SP)<6.3 (5.1)×10−9 at 95% (90%) confidence level.
AB - A search for the decays B0s→μ+μ−μ+μ− and B0→μ+μ−μ+μ− is performed using data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fb−1, collected with the LHCb detector in 2011. The number of candidates observed is consistent with the expected background and, assuming phase-space models of the decays, limits on the branching fractions are set: B(B0s→μ+μ−μ+μ−)<1.6 (1.2)×10−8 and B(B0→μ+μ−μ+μ−)<6.6 (5.3)×10−9 at 95% (90%) confidence level. In addition, limits are set in the context of a supersymmetric model which allows for the B0(s) meson to decay into a scalar (S) and pseudoscalar particle (P), where S and P have masses of 2.5 GeV/c2 and 214.3 MeV/c2, respectively, both resonances decay into μ+μ−. The branching fraction limits for these decays are B(B0s→SP)<1.6 (1.2)×10−8 and B(B0→SP)<6.3 (5.1)×10−9 at 95% (90%) confidence level.
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.211801
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.211801
M3 - Article
SN - 1079-7114
VL - 110
SP - 211801
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
ER -